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genital mutilation
Genital mutilation may be practiced on males or females. It is usually done to children or infants, against their will. Male genital mutilation, also called penis mutilation, prepuce amputation, foreskin amputation, or circumcision, is much more widespread than female genital mutilation.
Prepuce amputation consists of cutting off the ridged band, and a variable degree of the remaining part of the prepuce. The ridged band is situated at the distal end of the prepuce. The ridged band is the primary area of male sexual sensitivity. The ridged band has a high concentration of meissners corpuscles (a type of neural receptor in the skin), which cause said sexual sensation. In cases of prepuce amputation, the absence of the ridged band causes greatly decreased sexual sensitivity, as well as qualitative changes in the sensation. In the absence of the ridged band, there is the loss of most male sexual sensation other than that which occurs during erection and ejaculation.
Female genital mutilation, also called clitoris amputation or female circumcision, involves cutting off most of the clitoris, and it may also involve sewing up most of the length of the vagina (excluding a small hole for urination). In some cases of women that have sustained clitoral amputation, they are still able to achieve clitoral orgasm, because there is still a stump of sexually sensitive tissue leftover.
History
Genital mutilation, of both male and female variants, originated in north-eastern sub-saharan africa, in the area around southern Sudan, Kenya, Somalia, and Ethiopia. From there, it spread far. Male genital mutilation in particular became very popular.
Early on, the practice of male genital mutilation spread north up the nile, into Egypt. From Egypt, the practice spread to the hebrews, who incorporated it into their religion. The hebrew religion spread south along the west coast of arabia, culminating in the founding of Islam, which retained the penis mutilation of judaism. The muslim arabian armies then spread the practice of penis mutilation far and wide. The people of the Philippines did not adopt Islam, but they adopted penis mutilation from them when Islam became popular in the area.
The practice of penis mutilation is also widespread in the United States. In the United States, penis mutilation is an imitation of the jewish practice rather than the muslim practice.
Excuses for promoting prepuce amputation
In modern times, in Africa, many people have promiscuous sex, and this is in large part responsible for the spread of HIV (the other major factor being unsanitary medical needles). It has been discovered that prepuce amputation might reduce the HIV transmission rate by up to 60 percent. That has been used as an excuse to practice widespread prepuce amputation in Africa, despite the fact that a 60% HIV transmission reduction hardly constitutes safety, and the obvious fact that condoms, fidelity, and masturbation are easy alternative solutions with much more certain efficacy.
